デトロイトの米地方裁判所は、アウディの熱力学および排気ガス後処理部門の元従業員であるZaccheo Giovanni Pamioは、これらの罪を告発されており、米国のクリーンエア法。苦情によると、Pamioは窒素酸化物を含む排出基準を満たす排出ガス規制システムの設計を担当するチームを率いていました。この訴状は、Pamioなどが窒素排出基準を満たすディーゼルエンジンの校正が不可能であることを認識した後、Audi社の従業員に対し、米国の排出ガステストを欺くためのソフトウェア機能を設計するよう指導した。
Audi exec charged with fraud over polluting diesels − The U.S. District Court in Detroit said Thursday that Zaccheo Giovanni Pamio, who is Audi’s former department manager of thermodynamics and exhaust gas aftertreatment in Germany, is being charged with those offenses, and with making false statements about U.S. Clean Air Act. According to the complaint, Pamio led a team of engineers responsible for designing emissions control systems to meet emissions standards, including for nitrogen oxides. The complaint said that after Pamio and others realized that it was impossible to calibrate a diesel engine that would meet nitrogen emissions standards, he directed Audi employees to design software functions to cheat the U.S. emissions tests.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/foreign/vw-emissions-scandal/2017/07/06/audi-executive-charged-fraud-emission-cheating/103485974/